Metrowest News

February 2007



NEEMA Conference Reminder!

Wednesday, 21 February 2007 3:55 P GMT-05
New England Educational Media Association SYMPOSIUM AND LEADERSHIP 2007 will be held 3/29 and 3/30 at the Moakley Courthouse, Boston.
Rita Gavelis

MLA PR Award Application Available - Deadline March 9th

Tuesday, 20 February 2007 10:17 A GMT-05
The MLA PR Committee has released the application form for the 2007 PR Awards. The application was included it in your January Bay State Libraries and is available at http://www.masslib.org. The deadline for submittal is March 9, 2007.
Rita Gavelis

Possible grants of interest to libraries and/or teens:

Saturday, 17 February 2007 11:13 A GMT-05
NEA: Grants to Public Schools to Purchase Books & Reading Materials, State Farm: Grants to Improve Teen Driver Safety AT&T: Grants to Improve Technology Resources Hamburger Helper: Community Improvement Grants from Hamburger Helper
Rita Gavelis

Bringing History to Life: Webinar with Jennifer Armstrong

Friday, 16 February 2007 12:19 P GMT-05
Metrowest online CE class on February 16
Rita Gavelis

Blogging update!

Tuesday, 13 February 2007 10:27 A GMT-05
Lt. Job Lane Elementary School in Bedford applied the workshop instructions to create a student book review blog, the Lane Library Bookworms.
Rita Gavelis

Catch the Beat for Your Library at Barnes & Noble

Thursday, 8 February 2007 4:01 P GMT-05
Barnes and Noble will donate a percentage of every sale from every customer who presents a bookfair voucher at any Massachusetts Barnes and Noble store on those two days.
Rita Gavelis

El dia de los ninos/El dia de los libros Celebration

Wednesday, 7 February 2007 12:24 A GMT-05
Through the support of Target, libraries nationwide may receive up to 200 complimentary bilingual brochures upon submitting information to ALSC about their Día celebrations.
Rita Gavelis

Perspectives on Children's Literature Conference in March!

Tuesday, 6 February 2007 5:58 P GMT-05
Don't miss the 37th Annual Perspectives on Children's Literature Conference on Saturday, March 31st at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
Rita Gavelis

New Ellison Dies Ordered!

Friday, 2 February 2007 5:13 P GMT-05
The following dies are being added to the Metrowest Ellison die collection: teddy bear finger puppet, music notes, musical instruments, banjo, saxophone; juke box,
Rita Gavelis

MassCat ILL Pilot Project Takes Off!

Friday, 2 February 2007 2:25 P GMT-05
The MassCat resource sharing network has been engaged in an Interlibrary Loan Pilot Project. 12 of our member libraries have agreed to participate in this project. The libraries have agreed to make the MassCat system their first priority for placin
Rita Gavelis